[terycarl]

If you support fluoridation, what other pharmaceuticals would you support the government adding to your water supply?

Iodine in your salt has been there for years...prevents goiter.....seen anyone lately with a growth in their neck???

[JohnBovenmyer]

seen anyone lately with a growth in their neck???

In The Hobbit, the Great Goblin has a Great Goiter.

[webstersII]

“Iodine in your salt has been there for years...prevents goiter.....seen anyone lately with a growth in their neck??? “

You are seriously confused.

Iodine is a necessary nutrient. Flouride is toxic to humans.

Flouride is not used in most of Europe and parts of Canada. Those areas have no more problem with cavities than the U.S.

[Lurker]

I have the ability to purchase salt without iodine. I do not have that option with my municipal water supply. Nice try.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

I'm aware of the iodine in table salt, and I take it willingly. (I remember a lot of older people having goiters, when I was young.) However, I also have the option of buying salt without iodine (e.g. pickling salt).

I'm also aware of the benefits of fluoridated water -- having grown up on well water. The municipal water here isn't fluoridated, so I use fluoridated mouth wash twice daily. The issue isn't whether or not fluoridation is beneficial -- the issue is the government medicating our drinking water. It's a slippery-slope issue. People should have the right to chose whether or not to take a medicine.